CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[goatgurl]

cattle panels are my go to temporary gates around here. they keep the goats out of everything and the chickens and ducks can go thru the holes.
your watermelons look awesome! @Bruce your little icebox melons would feed about one person. us southern folks can put away the watermelon, lol. way back in teenage years I drove an old hand-me-down rambler station wagon that had belonged to my grandfather. a fellow down the road had a big patch down in the river bottoms and one dark night several of those big ole' watermelons found their way into the back of that rambler. in watermelon heaven until my mother found them and I had to take a short drive and pay the man after I apologized. teenagers are pretty stupid sometimes.

 

[Mike CHS]

Looking good. We just started getting the big Rattlesnake melons but have been eating the Sugar Baby melons for over a month. They are small but they sure are tasty.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Yeh @goatgurl my Dad would get one this size and bring it home....when he would cut it, he would cut it lengthwise in half....each half got cut in half....Dad, my brother, and me would each get a quarter and Mom and sis would half a quarter....no left overs....and it counted as a meal....
When I would go others houses and was given a cross slice I felt I was cheated....

 

[Bruce]

I bought the 2 small melons at Costco (of course one has no choice, they are bagged that way). Figured to quarter them. Wife and DD2 only wanted half a quarter, more would be too much. We clearly aren't "southern"!

 

[CntryBoy777]

I bought the 2 small melons at Costco (of course one has no choice, they are bagged that way). Figured to quarter them. Wife and DD2 only wanted half a quarter, more would be too much. We clearly aren't "southern"!

But Bruce that isn't necessarily true....don't ya hail from So Cali?....

 

[CntryBoy777]

Was out with the goats just now and saw these on the passion flower vines....anyone have any ideas as to what kind of catapillar they may be?.... ....I don't remember seeing one like this before.

 

[Mike CHS]

I did a quick look and it might be a Gulf Fritillary caterpillar but I haven't seen any before either.

 

[greybeard]

Caterpillar of this butterfly:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_fritillary

http://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2015/2/23/beautiful-but-stinky-gulf-fritillary-iagraulis-vanillaei

http://bugguide.net/node/view/156412/bgpage

Also known as the Tpost paint eating caterpillar..

 

[CntryBoy777]

Thanks!!.....I have seen the butterflies, but don't recall seeing the catapillar.....glad the Tposts won't be damaged by the attack.....

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Clearly you need to work naked to save yourself all that laundry!

But like LS, I have been known to disrobe on the back porch...thanks to privacy fencing because I do have neighbors....and one of is a major CREEPER! He's the reason we have a nice thick vine growing up the end of the porch where the hot tub is! Ugh...just the thought of hot tub is enough to cause a heat stroke today!